Recent content by AdoAnnie

First time incubating. Two of five eggs just hatched this afternoon. The others have pipped. I just checked on them and the Brisea Mini readout said that the temp was 92. I watched as it kept dropping to 89. Ran and got a heat lamp and brought the temp back up. Called Brisea and they thought...

One of our pekins was attacked by a fox Friday night. There isn't a vet in our town who will treat a duck. Thanks to you all, we found lots of useful information here on how to treat her for shock and how to dress her wounds. We weren't sure she'd make it through the night, but she's able to...

A local farmer has 2.5 week old Royal Palm and Narragansett crosses for sale. I have chickens and ducks and have really wanted to get a few turkeys. Is there enough time to raise these poults for Thanksgiving?